Montpelier, VT (WorkersCompensation.com) -  – Governor Phil Scott and Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) Commissioner Michael Pieciak today announced that Vermont businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2022. This is […]

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Department of Industrial Relations’ (DIR’s) Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF) is leading a new initiative to inspect publicly funded construction sites to ensure employers provide workers’ compensation insurance and follow […]

Yes, I admit it.  I often write about Experience Modification Factors, premium audits, and other parts of the WC system.  I should be writing more articles on Workers Compensation Self Insureds than I have over the […]

As in previous years, I like to kick off January with a look back at last year’s appellate opinions. This post will summarize 2021 opinions from the Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers’ Compensation Panel. In […]

The owner of a landscaping and property service business told me recently that he bought a vacuum lift system that attaches to an excavator to handle the heavy lifting of stone steps, slabs, and pavers […]

Maybe 15-20 years ago I watched a lot of UFC fights. It was new. It was different. It was exciting. After a while it started to become not very interesting to me.  Part of that […]

Sacramento, CA - RAND Corporation recently released a new Perspectives Report that examines policymakers’ initial efforts and reasoning around enabling access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees who are required to work outside their homes during the COVID-19 […]

Washington, DC — OSHA is withdrawing its emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 vaccination, testing and masking, the agency announced Jan. 25. A notice of withdrawal, set for publication in the Jan. 26 Federal Register, comes […]